The Sunday Creative ~ Prompt 6

Madeline certainly likes to give us a challenge with her 'The Sunday Creative' prompts. This week we have the word

SHAPELY

and here's my take on the word

My new 2-in-1 Torch and Lamp on its magnetic stand

Thanks for looking. Take care

Love Sarah C xx

The Sunday Creative ~ Prompt 5

Only just in time, here's my take on this week's word for

The Sunday Creative

NAKED

My wardrobe doors hiding the clothes that stop the world from seeing me naked.

Perish the thought!!

Thanks for looking

Take care, love Sarah C xx

The Sunday Creative ~ Prompt 2

It's Sunday and time for the second prompt by Madeline for her weekly challenge

The Sunday Creative

This week's word is DENIM

Usually, I leave challenges until the last minute, but this time I had inspiration as soon as I read the word. I have a denim skirt that although it's a few years old, is still one of my favourites. It's kept well over the years too, probably because I haven't worn it much (really must de-fuzz my legs more and wear it!). I just love the tie detail on the back which is the main reason I bought it and also why I've chosen that bit to show you.

Thanks for looking

Love, Sarah xx

The Sunday Creative ~ Prompt 1

Hey guys and gals, the wonderful Madeline Bea is kindly giving us all a free weekly challenge to continue unleashing the creative side of us. Prompts will be given each Sunday and we have that week to do something and link to it on her blog. You can find out more by using The Sunday Creative link on the left of her blog.

The first word prompt; last Sunday, was OPEN.

I had thought of opening your heart and preparing for it to be broken, but couldn't work out how to portray that to the world.

So, today I gave up with that and went with a view of the outside world from an OPEN window.

I've edited the photo to make it sepia as well as applying a couple of different framing effects and such using Picnik (an on-line photo editing programme). Next time I'll make note of what I did.

Once I'd taken that photograph, my brain kicked in and I got crafting.

Here's the result of my original thought

I cut the broken heart on my CraftROBO and coloured it using red chalk ink. A few blooms and buttons and it was finished. The tiny hearts were cut using a punch.

The frame was added, once again using Picnik

Thanks for looking

Love, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 13

Well, it was the last day on Creativity Boot Camp yesterday and the only day that I didn't get a photograph for the word prompt. Instead, I took my photograph today whilst travelling from Mum's. Before you tell me off for taking pictures while driving, I was in the back seat as a passenger and this photograph was taken as we were driving along with my window open and in the drizzling rain.

So, what was the last word prompt we were given? "SMILE" It wasn't until we were driving away from Mum's that I found myself smiling at the thought that I'd been brought up 4 miles from the nearest town and shop, surrounded by fields and growing crops, safe in the knowledge that as children we could play outside without fear of harm from anyone and a place where everyone knew everyone else. We were lucky in that the playing field with swings, slide and (at that time) big cement pipes to climb on and in was at the back of our house, so we didn't even have to cross a road to get there and could be seen from our garden. We never realised how lucky we were, but I know it now and I smile being thankful for that opportunity that my parents took to take us there when I was 8. Yes, sometimes it was hard as there wasn't a local shop, there was one bus a week on a Thursday to take you to the market and bring you home less than 4 hours later and it wasn't easy seeing your friends from secondary school as they lived in other villages. But, looking back on it, the good outweighed the bad. Mum and Dad never had to worry about where we were, what we were getting up to and if we were safe. How many people can say that about children nowadays? Even in tiny villages like the one I was brought up in, there's always the danger that something may happen. People don't mix like they used to and don't always know who's living on their doorstep. I know my mum doesn't know everyone like she used to. Such a shame that communities are fast dying.

Nearly forgot amidst my rambling, here's my photo:

Thanks for looking

Love, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 12

Well, the penultimate day for the Creativity Boot Camp has arrived and I've not done bad (even if I do say so myself). I've managed to complete the word prompts every day and today is no exception. Today's word is "SMOOTH" which makes me think of silky smooth legs on show in the glorious sun. As my legs haven't seen the sun this year yet, I had to think outside that box and here's the result:

Hair remover which I really should be using on my legs, not spilling onto a sheet of paper!

Thanks for looking

Love, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 9 Part 2

Today's word prompt is "DRIZZLE". I pondered this for a while, but then thought of oil drizzling into a pan, so here's my photograph

Take care

Love, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 8

Creativity Boot Camp's journalling is the same as yesterday's. Do 45 minutes (3 pages) of writing to 'empty your mind' then throw it away.

Day 8's word to be inspired by is "ORMANENT". This was a tough one for me as I don't have many ornaments (too much dusting!! LOL). As I headed off to bed last night, I caught sight of the ornament my niece bought me and my ex many years ago and realised that this would be perfect for the challenge.

Thanks for looking

Love, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp Day 5's Journalling and Day 6's Word Prompt

A little behind, for Creativity Boot Camp's Day 5 journalling prompt, but here none the less. We were urged to play songs from the past and write about our thought and feelings of that time. Here's mine

The word prompt for today (Day 6) was 'FLUID'

Here's my photo

As you can see, I wrote the title wrong on the photo and put flowing instead of fluid. Oops!! I used the 'flow water' setting on my camera which is most probably what I had in mind when I wrote 'flowing'.

Thanks for looking

Love, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp Day 4

I've not done so well with a couple of today's prompts / thoughts / assignments (whatever you wish to call them) for the Creativity Boot Camp. We were encouraged to go outside and take some random shots without using special settings on our cameras and then to look at the photos to see what motivated us to take the particular pictures and think about what we'd do different if we took the shots again. Would we frame the subject differently capturing only the part of the item that drew us in? Would we do something else? As I didn't get to do this today, I'm aiming to do it tomorrow. Let's hope I manage it.

I did manage today's random word prompt which was 'HEAVY METAL'

Here's part of my cooker.

Thanks for looking

Love and hugs, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 3 (Both parts!)

So far, so good. I'm keeping up with Creativity Boot Camp at the moment and hope to continue to do so. Taking my laptop to my sister's tonight so that I can check in tomorrow too.

Here's my interpretation of today's random word "MULTILAYER"

If you're wondering what it is in the photograph, they are throws at the end of my bed.

Today's journalling prompt was Creative Buzz Kills. Wondering what that is? Have a look for yourself and see. Here's my journalling:

Thanks for looking

Love and hugs, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 2

Creativity Boot Camp DAY 2

Today's word is "PICNIC"

Here's my interpretation of it:

My lunch sometimes resembles picnics we had as children. Cheese and tomato sandwiches and savoury eggs. Only difference now, is that my eggs are covered in a vegetarian alternative to meat.

Thanks for looking

Love and hugs, Sarah C xx

Creativity Boot Camp ~ Day 1

Creativity Boot Camp DAY 1 (started yesterday 6th June) ~ We were asked to write ourselves a letter and not re-read it until the end of the boot camp. Also, every day we'll be given a random word to prompt us inn our chosen medium.

Day 1's word was "IVORY"

I decided to use photography as my medium. I'm hoping to get to know my camera better and take it off the auto setting. Here's my interpretation of the word:

When the sunlight streams in, my hallways looks more ivory than the cream/magnolia it really is.

Thanks for looking

Love and hugs, Sarah C xx